https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:03:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655730 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:14:18 +0000 Adira 2655730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never brined before. I use this recipe for my turkey and it always comes out DELICIOUS!</p> <p><a href="http://shewearsmanyhats.com/mayonnaise-roasted-turkey/" rel="nofollow">http://shewearsmanyhats.com/mayonnaise-roasted-turkey/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655725 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:11:40 +0000 youboots 2655725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Team no brine. I just put butter under the skin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655713 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 09:54:04 +0000 BSB 2655713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wet brine. I've used Alton Brown's brine for years and it's always amazing and juicy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655640 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:49:36 +0000 honeybear 2655640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't bother. The turkey is the easiest part of Thanksgiving dinner. Don't make it difficult! </p> <p>I've cooked Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys for years now for a lot of foodie-types and picky eaters who are brutally honest about their thoughts on food (including all the other things on my holiday dinner table, so I've no reason to doubt that they'd tell me if I screwed up the bird!), and I've never brined them. As long as you're not ignoring the oven as you approach the end of the cooking time, you'll be fine. Just cook it to the proper internal temp and tent it with foil if necessary towards the end to avoid burning the skin. Oh, and don't forget to take out the plastic baggie of grossness that's in the chest cavity before putting the bird on the pan! That's seriously the worst part of the entire process. </p> <p>A food writer backs me up on not doing brine! <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/11/the-food-lab-the-truth-about-brining-turkey-thanksgiving.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/11/the-food-lab-the-truth-about-brining-turkey-thanksgiving.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655623 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 06:25:10 +0000 looch 2655623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't brine at all, but I thought the point of brine was salt...so as long as there is salt in either mixture, it shouldn't matter? Or am I missing something? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655622 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 05:41:46 +0000 lamariniere 2655622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only ever done dry brine and it was terrific all 3 times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655615 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 01:38:16 +0000 birdofafeather 2655615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Judy Bird from the LA times!! Dry brine. So good!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655594 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:32:08 +0000 newlypregnantlady 2655594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dry brining is amazing because the skin dries out a little and helps it crisp up. And you don't have to worry about having a vessel large enough to hold a turkey submerged in liquid. </p> <p>I use the Serious Eats method for dry brining. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655573 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:30:19 +0000 Pancakes 2655573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Williams-Sonoma has a great dry brine.</p> <p>ETA: Just read that Deb from Smitten Kitchen is on team Wet Brine, and I always take her word for it when it comes to cooking, so there's that... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655532 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:51:22 +0000 MrsA 2655532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wet brine 4 years running here. Delish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655504 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:40:35 +0000 avivoca 2655504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer a wet brine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655502 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:37:44 +0000 yoursilverlining 2655502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only ever dry brine (both for roast chicken and turkey); its the brine I prefer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dry-brine-or-wet-brine#post-2655496 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:21:34 +0000 oskarsmommy 2655496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't decide - this is my first turkey.. anyone with any experience? my gut tells me wet would be better, but my mom swears by dry binning.. </p>